S.Amdt. 831

SA 831. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed to
the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title XXX, add the following:

SEC. 3022. INVESTIGATION OF REPORTS OF REPRISALS RELATING TO
PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING AND TREATMENT AS
MATERIAL BREACH.

(a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
2890 the following new section:

``Sec. 2890a. Investigation of reports of reprisals and
treatment as material breach

``(a) In General.--The Chief Housing Officer designated
under section 2872b of this title, in coordination with the
Secretary of the military department concerned, shall
investigate all reports of reprisal against a member of the
armed forces for reporting an issue relating to a housing
unit under this subchapter.
``(b) Material Breach.--If the Chief Housing Officer, in
coordination with the Secretary of the military department
concerned, determines under subsection (a) that a landlord
has retaliated against a member of the armed forces for
reporting an issue relating to a housing unit under this
subchapter, the landlord shall be deemed to have committed a
material breach of the contract of the landlord for purposes
of section 2874b(1) of this title.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 2890 the following new item:

``2890a. Investigation of reports of reprisals and treatment as
material breach.''.
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